..This suggests that noradrenergic blockade may be useful in attenuating traumatic memories, even well-consolidated old memories, in PTSD...

Conclusions: from self-knowledge to a science of the self

Jacek DebiecCenter for Neural Science, New York University, New York, New York 10003, USAAnn N Y Acad Sci 1001:305-15. 2003

..This conference and volume explored areas where some of the different approaches to the self overlap and will, it is hoped, promote the establishment of a richer, more coherent image of what the self is...

Disruption of reconsolidation but not consolidation of auditory fear conditioning by noradrenergic blockade in the amygdala

..That the systemic effects of propranolol on reconsolidation are achieved via an action in the amygdala is especially important in light of the fact that PTSD involves alterations in the amygdala [Arch Gen Psychiatry 53 (1996) 380]...

From affiliative behaviors to romantic feelings: a role of nanopeptides

Jacek DebiecDepartment of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USAFEBS Lett 581:2580-6. 2007

..New studies suggest that these chemicals are not only involved in regulating bonding processes in animals but also contribute to generating positive social attitudes and feelings in humans...

Peptides of love and fear: vasopressin and oxytocin modulate the integration of information in the amygdala

..We previously reported that noradrenergic blockade in the rat amygdala impairs reconsolidation of fear memories. Here we investigated the effects of noradrenergic enhancement on reconsolidation of learned fear...

The amygdala encodes specific sensory features of an aversive reinforcer

..Muscimol or vehicle infusions did not affect cue learning or aversion to the odor at PN21 or PN24. The results suggest that the newly emerging contextual learning exhibited by PN24 pups is supported by the hippocampus...

Synapse-specific reconsolidation of distinct fear memories in the lateral amygdala